December 2010 arXiv papers — page 12

Zhong-hua Li

The explicit formulas expressing harmonic sums via alternating Euler sums (colored multiple zeta values) are given, and some explicit evaluations are given as applications.

Jorgen Rasmussen

For each pair of positive integers r,s, there is a so-called Kac representation (r,s) associated with a Yang-Baxter integrable boundary condition in the lattice approach to the logarithmic minimal model LM(1,p). We propose a classification of these representations as finitely-generated submodules of Feigin-Fuchs modules, and present a conjecture for their fu

Subir Kumar Ghosh, Partha Pratim Goswami

In this survey paper, we present open problems and conjectures on visibility graphs of points, segments and polygons along with necessary backgrounds for understanding them.

L. Dunne, H. Gomez, E. da Cunha, S. Charlot

We present the first direct and unbiased measurement of the evolution of the dust mass function of galaxies over the past 5 billion years of cosmic history using data from the Science Demonstration Phase of the Herschel-ATLAS. The sample consists of galaxies selected at 250μm which have reliable counterparts from SDSS at z < 0.5, and contains 1867 sources. D

Riccardo Messina, Mauro Antezza

We study the Casimir-Lifshitz force and the radiative heat transfer occurring between two arbitrary bodies, each one held at a given temperature, surrounded by environmental radiation at a third temperature. The system, in stationary configuration out of thermal equilibrium, is characterized by a force and a heat transfer depending on the three temperatures,

Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Gen Nakamura

First-order quantum correction to the Larmor radiation is investigated on the basis of the scalar QED on a homogeneous background of time-dependent electric field, which is a generalization of a recent work by Higuchi and Walker so as to be extended for an accelerated charged particle in a relativistic motion. We obtain a simple approximate formula for the q

M. Moliner, I. Rousochatzakis, F. Mila

Motivated by the on-going investigation of SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$ under pressure, we study a variant of the two-dimensional Shastry-Sutherland (SS) spin-1/2 model with two types of dimers. Combined with the frustration of the SS model, this modification induces, in a large parameter range, a dimensional reduction at low energies, with nearly decoupled effectiv

Soumen Mandal, Tobias Bautze, Remi Blinder, Tristan Meunier

Noise filtering is an essential part for measurement of quantum phenomena at extremely low temperatures. Here, we present the design of a filter which can be installed in space constrained cryogenic environment containing a large number of signal carrying lines. Our filters have a -3db point of 65kHz and its performance at GHz frequencies are comparable to t

R. Sturani, S. Fischetti, L. Cadonati, G. M. Guidi

An accurate knowledge of the coalescing binary gravitational waveform is crucial for experimental searches as the ones performed by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration. Following an earlier paper by the same authors we refine the construction of analytical phenomenological waveforms describing the signal sourced by generically spinning binary systems. The gap betwe

Jean-Christophe Bourin, Fumio Hiai

Some subadditivity results involving symmetric (unitarily invariant) norms are obtained. For instance, if $g(t)=\sum_{k=0}^m a_kt^k$ is a polynomial of degree $m$ with non-negative coefficients, then, for all positive operators $A,\,B$ and all symmetric norms, $\|g(A+B)\|^{1/m} \le \|g(A)\|^{1/m} + \|g(B)\|^{1/m}$. To give parallel superadditivity results, w

Philip Bechtle, Oliver Brein, Sven Heinemeyer, Georg Weiglein

We introduce version 2.0.0 of the computer program HiggsBounds. The program tests neutral and charged Higgs sectors of new models against the current exclusion bounds from LEP and the Tevatron. As input, it requires a selection of model predictions, such as Higgs masses, branching ratios, effective couplings and total decay widths. The program then uses the

R. K. Srivastava

In this article, we show that the spheres $S_R(o)=\{z\in\mathbb C^n: |z|=R\}$ are sets of injectivity for the weighted twisted spherical means (WTSM) for a suitable class of functions on $\mathbb C^n$. The weights here are spherical harmonics on $S^{2n-1}.$ In general, the question of set of injectivity for the twisted spherical means (TSM) with real analyti

Jeonghoon Park, Soojoon Lee

It was shown that two distant particles can be entangled by sending a third particle never entangled with the other two [T. S. Cubitt et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 037902 (2003)]. In this paper, we investigate a class of three-qubit separable states to distribute entanglement by the same way, and calculate the maximal amount of entanglement which two particle

Boris S. Kerner

We present results of numerical simulations of the effect of driver behavior on spatiotemporal congested traffic patterns that result from traffic breakdown at an on-ramp bottleneck. The simulations are made with the Kerner-Klenov stochastic traffic flow model in the framework of three-phase traffic theory. Different diagrams of congested patterns at the bot

P. G. Castro, B. Chakraborty, R. Kullock, F. Toppan

Noncommutative oscillators are first-quantized through an abelian Drinfel&#39;d twist deformation of a Hopf algebra and its action on a module. Several important and subtle issues making possible the quantization are solved. The spectrum of the single-particle Hamiltonians is computed. The multi-particle Hamiltonians are fixed, unambiguously, by the Hopf alg

E. Liflyand

New sufficient conditions for representation of a function of several variables as an absolutely convergent Fourier integral are obtained in the paper.

Daniel Butter, Sergei M. Kuzenko

Using the off-shell formulation for general N = 2 supergravity-matter systems developed in arXiv:0905.0063, we propose a construction to generate a restricted chiral superfield from any real weight-zero projective multiplet L. One can choose L to be composed of tensor multiplets, O(2n) multiplets, with n=2,3,..., and polar hypermultiplets. In conjunction wit

Marc Kesseböhmer, Tony Samuel

We construct spectral metric spaces for Gibbs measures on a one-sided topologically exact subshift of finite type. That is, for a given Gibbs measure we construct a spectral triple and show that Connes&#39; corresponding pseudo-metric is a metric and that its metric topology agrees with the weak-*-topology on the state space over the set of continuous functi

Benoît Patra

Motivated by the problem of effectively executing clustering algorithms on very large data sets, we address a model for large scale distributed clustering methods. To this end, we briefly recall some standards on the quantization problem and some results on the almost sure convergence of the Competitive Learning Vector Quantization (CLVQ) procedure. A genera

Chiaki Kobayashi, Naohito Nakasato

We present chemodynamical simulations of a Milky Way-type galaxy using a self-consistent hydrodynamical code that includes supernova feedback and chemical enrichment, and predict the spatial distribution of elements from Oxygen to Zinc. In the simulated galaxy, the kinematical and chemical properties of the bulge, disk, and halo are consistent with the obser

Shengyu Zhang

We propose a simple yet rich model to extend the notions of Nash equilibria and correlated equilibria of strategic games to the quantum setting, in which we then study the relations between classical and quantum equilibria. Unlike the previous work that focus on qualitative questions on specific games of small sizes, we address the following fundamental and

David Futer, François Guéritaud

Agol recently introduced the notion of a veering triangulation, and showed that such triangulations naturally arise as layered triangulations of fibered hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We prove, by a constructive argument, that every veering triangulation admits positive angle structures, recovering a result of Hodgson, Rubinstein, Segerman, and Tillmann. Our constr

The BESIII Collaboration

Using samples of 2.25*10^8 J/psi events and 1.06*10^8 psi&#39; events collected with the BES III detector, we study the f0(980) to a0(980) and a0(980) to f0(980) transitions in the processes J/psi --> phi f0(980) --> phi a0(980) and chi_c1 --> pi^0 a0(980) --> pi^0 f0(980), respectively. Evidence for f0(980) --> a0(980) is found with a significance of 3.4 si

F. Feroz, S. T. Balan, M. P. Hobson

Stellar radial velocity (RV) measurements have proven to be a very successful method for detecting extrasolar planets. Analysing RV data to determine the parameters of the extrasolar planets is a significant statistical challenge owing to the presence of multiple planets and various degeneracies between orbital parameters. Determining the number of planets f

Changqing Liu, Songbai Chen, Chikun Ding, Jiliang Jing

We study the collision of two particles with the different rest masses moving in the equatorial plane of a Kerr-Taub-NUT spacetime and get the center-of-mass (CM) energy for the particles. We find that the CM energy depends not only on the rotation parameter, $a$, but also on the NUT charge of the Kerr-Taub-NUT spacetime, $n$. Especially, for the extremal Ke

Victor P. Novikov

In the present article Benford&#39;s law and Russell&#39;s paradox are explained by means of Aspectual Principle

Bart P. Wakker, Felix J. Lockman, Jonathan M. Brown

We present a study of the small-scale structure of the interstellar medium in the Milky Way. We used HST STIS data to measure N(HI) in a pencil-beam toward 59 AGNs and compared the results with the values seen at 9 arcmin - 36 arcmin resolution in the same directions using radio telescopes (GBT, Green Bank 140-ft and LAB survey). The distribution of ratios N

Sergei Viznyuk

The ensemble of binary strings defined via strong-interaction model exhibits enhanced condensation (collapse) into ground state below certain temperature. The non-interaction model shows gradual accumulation into ground state as temperature approaches zero

Mário Alexandre Magalhães

We will prove that the zeta function for Ruelle-expanding maps is rational.

Steven S. Gubser

In four lectures, delivered at the TASI 2010 summer school, I cover selected topics in the application of the gauge-string duality to nuclear and condensed matter physics. On the nuclear side, I focus on multiplicity estimates from trapped surfaces in AdS_5, and on the consequences of conformal symmetry for relativistic hydrodynamics. On the condensed matter

Mirjana Milijevic

It has been proved that there are no real hypersurfaces satisfying RA = 0 in non-flat complex space forms. In this paper we prove that the same is true in the case of CR submanifolds of maximal CR dimension, that is there are no CR submanifolds of maximal CR dimension satisfying RA = 0 in non-flat complex space forms.

Daniel Harlow, Leonard Susskind

Our purpose in this paper is to discuss criteria for the existence of a precise dual description of a cosmology. A number of exact descriptions exist for flat and anti de Sitter backgrounds and possibly for open FRW universes that nucleate in an eternally inflating background. In addition duals have been proposed for de Sitter space, and for crunching FRW bu

M. Goto, Zs. Regály, C. P. Dullemond, M. van den Ancker

We report monitoring observations of the T Tauri star EX Lupi during its outburst in 2008 in the CO fundamental band at 4.6-5.0 um. The observations were carried out at the VLT and the Subaru Telescope at six epochs from April to August 2008, covering the plateau of the outburst and the fading phase to a quiescent state. The line flux of CO emission declines

A. V. Efremov, P. Schweitzer, O. V. Teryaev, P. Zavada

We derive relations between transverse momentum dependent distribution functions (TMDs) and the usual parton distribution functions (PDFs) in the 3D covariant parton model, which follow from Lorentz invariance and the assumption of a rotationally symmetric distribution of parton momenta in the nucleon rest frame. Using the known PDFs f_1(x) and g_1(x) as inp

Pier Domenico Lamberti, Marco Perin

We consider a spectral stability estimate by Burenkov and Lamberti concerning the variation of the eigenvalues of second order uniformly elliptic operators on variable open sets in the N-dimensional euclidean space, and we prove that it is sharp for any dimension N. This is done by studying the eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet Laplacian on special open s

Mathias Beiglboeck, Walter Schachermayer, Bezirgen Veliyev

Every submartingale S of class D has a unique Doob-Meyer decomposition S=M+A, where M is a martingale and A is a predictable increasing process starting at 0. We provide a short and elementary prove of the Doob-Meyer decomposition theorem. Several previously known arguments are included to keep the paper self-contained.

M. Elhamdadi, J. MacQuarrie, R. Restrepo

We prove that the automorphism group of the dihedral quandle with n elements is isomorphic to the affine group of the integers mod n, and also obtain the inner automorphism group of this quandle. In [9], automorphism groups of quandles (up to isomorphisms) of order less than or equal to 5 were given. With the help of the software Maple, we compute the inner

Greg Muller

A central hyperplane arrangement in C^2 with multiplicity is called a `locus configuration&#39; if it satisfies a series of `locus equations&#39; on each hyperplane. Following Chalykh, Feigin and Veselov [CFV99], we demonstrate that the first locus equation for each hyperplane corresponds to a force-balancing equation on a related interacting particle system

S. E. Schmittner, M. R. Zirnbauer

A family of random models for bosonic quasi-particle excitations, e.g. the vibrations of a disordered solid, is introduced. The generator of the linearized phase space dynamics of these models is the sum of a deterministic and a random part. The former may describe any model of N identical phonon bands, while the latter is a d-dimensional generalization of t

Christoph Mordasini, Hubert Klahr, Yann Alibert, Willy Benz

We review the current theoretical understanding how growth from micro-meter sized dust to massive giant planets occurs in disks around young stars. After introducing a number of observational constraints from the solar system, from observed protoplanetary disks, and from the extrasolar planets, we simplify the problem by dividing it into a number of discrete

Julien Toulouse, Michel Caffarel, Peter Reinhardt, Philip E. Hoggan

We report state-of-the-art quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the singlet $n \to π^*$ (CO) vertical excitation energy in the acrolein molecule, extending the recent study of Bouabça {\it et al.} [J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 130}, 114107 (2009)]. We investigate the effect of using a Slater basis set instead of a Gaussian basis set, and of using state-average versus

Patrick Cattiaux, Arnaud Guillin, Pierre-André Zitt

Equivalence of the spectral gap, exponential integrability of hitting times and Lyapunov conditions are well known. We give here the correspondance (with quantitative results) for reversible diffusion processes. As a consequence, we generalize results of Bobkov in the one dimensional case on the value of the Poincaré constant for logconcave measures to super

D. Fargion, D. D&#39;Armiento

Neutrinos are allowed to mix and to oscillate among their flavor. Muon and tau in particular oscillate at largest values.Last Minos experiment claimed possible difference among their matter and anti-matter masses, leading to a first violation of the most believed CPT symmetry.Isotropically born atmospheric muon neutrino at 20-80 GeV, while up-going, they mig

I. Campos-Canton, J. A. Pecina-Sanchez, E. Campos-Canton, H. C. Rosu

We report experimental results obtained with a circuit possessing dynamic logic architecture based on one of the theoretical schemes proposed by H. Peng and collaborators in 2008. The schematic diagram of the electronic circuit and its implementation to get different basic logic gates are displayed and discussed. In particular, we show explicitly how to get

E. Nazarova, K. Nenkov, K. Buchkov, A. Zahariev

I-V characteristics of polycrystalline Y(1-x)CaxBa2Cu3O(7-δ) samples (x=0.025 and 0.20) have been measured at different temperatures and magnetic fields in the range 0.1 T-6.9 T. The scaling behavior has been established for both samples at all magnetic fields. The dynamic exponent z displays some morphology dependence with higher value for small grain size

D. A. Fogaça, F. S. Navarra

The quark gluon plasma which has been observed at RHIC is a strongly interacting system and has been called sQGP. This is a system at high temperatures and almost zero baryon chemical potential. A similar system with high chemical potential and almost zero temperature may exist in the core of compact stars. Most likely it is also a strongly interacting syste

H. E. Puthoff, S. R. Little

A theme that has come to the fore in advanced planning for long-range space exploration is the concept of &#34;propellantless propulsion&#34; or &#34;field propulsion.&#34; One version of this concept involves the projected possibility that empty space itself (the quantum vacuum, or space-time metric) might be manipulated so as to provide energy/thrust for f

Dmitry Sh. Goldstein, Alexander A. Katz, Roman Sklyar

RO*-algebras are defined and studied. For RO*-algebra T, using properties of partial order, it is established that the set of bounded elements can be endowed with C*-norm. The structure of commutative subalgebras of T is considered and the Spectral Theorem for any self-adjoint element of T is proven.

P. Baseilhac, S. Belliard

An explicit homomorphism that relates the elements of the infinite dimensional non-Abelian algebra generating $O_q(\hat{sl_2})$ currents and the standard generators of the $q-$Onsager algebra is proposed. Two straightforward applications of the result are then considered: First, for the class of quantum integrable models which integrability condition origina

Tom Kamphans, Elmar Langetepe

We consider the problem of finding a door along a wall with a blind robot that neither knows the distance to the door nor the direction towards of the door. This problem can be solved with the well-known doubling strategy yielding an optimal competitive factor of 9 with the assumption that the robot does not make any errors during its movements. We study the

Bernd Surrow

The STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is providing fundamental measurements in high-energy polarized $\vec{p}+\vec{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200-500\,$GeV to deepen our understanding on the spin structure and dynamics of the proton. This program has completed the first data taking period in 2009 of pol

C. G. Bassa, W. F. Brisken, G. Nelemans, I. H. Stairs

We report on the identification of a near-infrared counterpart to the massive (>11 Msun) binary companion of pulsar J1740-3052. An accurate celestial position of PSR J1740-3052 is determined from interferometric radio observations. Adaptive optics corrected near-infrared imaging observations show a counterpart at the interferometric position of the pulsar. T

Daniel Herrmann, Tom Kamphans, Elmar Langetepe

We investigate the online exploration problem (aka covering) of a short-sighted mobile robot moving in an unknown cellular environment with hexagons and triangles as types of cells. To explore a cell, the robot must enter it. Once inside, the robot knows which of the 3 or 6 adjacent cells exist and which are boundary edges. The robot&#39;s task is to visit e

L. Johnson, R. Young, D. Alhorn, A. Heaton

Solar sails can play a critical role in enabling solar and heliophysics missions. Solar sail technology within NASA is currently at 80% of TRL-6, suitable for an in-flight technology demonstration. It is conceivable that an initial demonstration could carry scientific payloads that, depending on the type of mission, are commensurate with the goals of the thr

Ion Petre, Sergey Verlan

In this article, we consider for the first time the operations of insertion and deletion working in a matrix controlled manner. We show that, similarly as in the case of context-free productions, the computational power is strictly increased when using a matrix control: computational completeness can be obtained by systems with insertion or deletion rules in

M. Neek-Amal, F. M. Peeters

We investigate the stability of circular monolayer graphene subjected to a radial load using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. When monolayer graphene is radially stressed, after some small circular strain ($\sim 0.4%$) it buckles and bends into a new bowl like shape. Young&#39;s modulus is calculated from the linear relation between stress and

David D. L. Minh, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

The nonequilibrium fluctuation theorems have paved the way for estimating equilibrium thermodynamic properties, such as free energy differences, using trajectories from driven nonequilibrium processes. While many statistical estimators may be derived from these identities, some are more efficient than others. It has recently been suggested that trajectories

A. Lobel

We develop a new method to determine oscillator strength values of atomic absorption lines with state-of-the-art detailed spectral synthesis calculations of the optical spectrum of the Sun and of standard spectral reference stars. We update the log(gf)-values of 911 neutral lines observed in the KPNO-FTS flux spectrum of the Sun and high-resolution echelle s

Chihiro Sasaki

We discuss phases of hot and dense hadronic matter using chiral Lagrangians. A two-flavored parity doublet model constrained by the nuclear matter ground state predicts chiral symmetry restoration. The model thermodynamics is shown within the mean field approximation. A field-theoretical constraint on possible phases from the anomaly matching is also discuss

Felix Hoehne, Lukas Dreher, Hans Huebl, Martin Stutzmann

We demonstrate the electrical detection of pulsed X-band Electron Nuclear Double Resonance (ENDOR) in phosphorus-doped silicon at 5\,K. A pulse sequence analogous to Davies ENDOR in conventional electron spin resonance is used to measure the nuclear spin transition frequencies of the $^{31}$P nuclear spins, where the $^{31}$P electron spins are detected elec

Christian Icking, Tom Kamphans, Rolf Klein, Elmar Langetepe

We investigate the exploration problem of a short-sighted mobile robot moving in an unknown cellular room. To explore a cell, the robot must enter it. Once inside, the robot knows which of the 4 adjacent cells exist and which are boundary edges. The robot starts from a specified cell adjacent to the room&#39;s outer wall; it visits each cell, and returns to

Druel Stéphane, Paris Matthieu

In this paper we prove that if the r-th tensor power of the tangent bundle of a smooth projective variety X contains the determinant of an ample vector bundle of rank at least r, then X is isomorphic either to a projective space or to a smooth quadric hypersurface.

Minghu Fang, Hangdong Wang, Chiheng Dong, Zujuan Li

Up to now, there have been two material families, the cuprates and the iron-based compounds with high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC). An essential open question is whether the two classes of materials share the same essential physics. In both, superconductivity (SC) emerges when an antiferromagnetical (AFM) ordered phase is suppressed. However, in cupr

Vladimir Pascalutsa

Recent chiral EFT calculations of nucleon polarizabilities reveal a problem in the current empirical determination of proton&#39;s electromagnetic polarizabilities. We also report on the progress in the empirical determination of the $Δ$(1232)-resonance magnetic moment in the process of $γp \to p π^0 γ&#39;$ measured at MAMI.

A. Chiavassa, E. Pasquato, A. Jorissen, S. Sacuto

Context. It has been shown that convection in red supergiant stars gives rise to large granules causing surface inhomogeneities together with shock waves in the photosphere. The resulting motion of the photocenter (on time scales ranging from months to years) could possibly have adverse effects on the parallax determination with Gaia. Aims. We explore the im

Alan Huckleberry, Matthias Kalus

Foundational material on complex Lie supergroups and their radial operators is presented. In particular, Berezin&#39;s recursion formula for describing the radial parts of fundamental operators in general linear and ortho-symplectic cases is proved. Local versions of results which are suitable for applications for computing characters which are only defined

A. Milani, G. Tommei, D. Farnocchia, A. Rossi

While building up a catalog of Earth orbiting objects, if the available optical observations are sparse, not deliberate follow ups of specific objects, no orbit determination is possible without previous correlation of observations obtained at different times. This correlation step is the most computationally intensive, and becomes more and more difficult as

K. Werner, T. Rauch, J. W. Kruk

The lack of FeVII lines in PG1159 stars had led to the conclusion that in some objects iron must be strongly depleted. We have now detected FeX lines in FUSE spectra of the very hottest PG1159 stars Teff=150,000 - 200,000 K; RXJ2117.1+3412, K1-16, NGC 246, Longmore 4). Surprisingly, we derive a solar iron abundance. It is conspicuous that they are among the

Frederic Bournaud, Leila C. Powell, Damien Chapon, Romain Teyssier

Galaxy interactions and mergers play a significant, but still debated and poorly understood role in the star formation history of galaxies. Numerical and theoretical models cannot yet explain the main properties of merger-induced starbursts, including their intensity and their spatial extent. Usually, the mechanism invoked in merger-induced starbursts is a g

Klaus Werner, Thomas Rauch

We present new ultraviolet spectra of the peculiar white dwarf (WD) H1504+65, obtained with COS on HST. H1504+65 is the hottest known WD (Teff= 200,000 K) and has an atmosphere mainly composed of C and O, augmented with high amounts of Ne and Mg. This object is unique and the origin of its surface chemistry is completely unclear. We probably see the naked co

A. Lobel, J. A. Toalá, R. Blomme

We develop 3-D models of the structured winds of massive hot stars with the Wind3D radiative transfer (RT) code. We investigate the physical properties of large-scale structures observed in the wind of the B-type supergiant HD 64760 with detailed line profile fits to Discrete Absorption Components (DACs) and rotational modulations observed with IUE in Si IV

Renato Campanini

The average transverse momentum dependence on multiplicity shows in many experiments at center of mass energies ranging from 22 to 7000 GeV a slope change at a charged particle rapidity density constant within systematic uncertainties. We find correlated signals which together with the slope change may indicate a transition to a new mechanism of particles pr

Franz Käppeler, Roberto Gallino, Sara Bisterzo, Wako Aoki

Nucleosynthesis in the s process takes place in the He burning layers of low mass AGB stars and during the He and C burning phases of massive stars. The s process contributes about half of the element abundances between Cu and Bi in solar system material. Depending on stellar mass and metallicity the resulting s-abundance patterns exhibit characteristic feat

Jean Bourgain

It is shown that the 1-dimensional lattice Schrodinger operator with potential given by a non-zero multiple of the Moebius function has positive Lyapounov exponent. In view of the classical theory of random Schrodinger operators, this may be seen as another manifestation of the Moebius randomness law.

Szabolcs Borsanyi, Zoltan Fodor, Christian Hoelbling, Sandor D. Katz

We present our most recent investigations on the QCD cross-over transition temperatures with 2+1 staggered flavours and one-link stout improvement [JHEP 1009:073, 2010]. We extend our previous two studies [Phys. Lett. B643 (2006) 46, JHEP 0906:088 (2009)] by choosing even finer lattices ($N_t$=16) and we work again with physical quark masses. All these resul

Heath Emerson, Siegfried Echterhoff

We study the C*-algebra crossed product $C_0(X)\rtimes G$ of a locally compact group $G$ acting properly on a locally compact Hausdorff space $X$. Under some mild extra conditions, which are automatic if $G$ is discrete or a Lie group, we describe in detail, and in terms of the action, the primitive ideal space of such crossed products as a topological space

Yadong Xu, Huanyang Chen

In this work, we investigate wave transmission through an epsilon-near-zero metamaterial waveguide embedded with defects. We show that by adjusting the geometric sizes and material properties of the defects, total reflection and even transmission can be obtained, despite the impedance mismatch of epsilon-near-zero material with free space. Our work can great

A. I. Volokitin, B. N. J. Persson

We study the radiative heat transfer and the van der Waals friction between graphene and an amorphous SiO$_2$ substrate. We study the surface phonon-polaritons contribution to the low-field mobility as a function of temperature and of carrier density. We find that the electric current saturate at a high electric field, in agreement with experiment. The satur

A. Lobel, J. H. Groh, K. Torres, N. Gorlova

We present results of a long-term spectroscopic monitoring program (since mid 2009) of Luminous Blue Variables with the new HERMES echelle spectrograph on the 1.2 m Mercator telescope at La Palma (Spain). We investigate high-resolution (R=80,000) optical spectra of two LBVs, P Cyg and HD 168607, the LBV candidates MWC 930 and HD 168625, and the LBV binary MW

Cristina Bertone

In this paper, we present a modular strategy which describes key properties of the absolute primary decomposition of an equidimensional polynomial ideal defined by polynomials with rational coefficients. The algorithm we design is based on the classical technique of elimination of variables and colon ideals and uses a tricky choice of prime integers to work

Nadia Baaziz, Omar Abahmane, Rokia Missaoui

The advent of large scale multimedia databases has led to great challenges in content-based image retrieval (CBIR). Even though CBIR is considered an emerging field of research, however it constitutes a strong background for new methodologies and systems implementations. Therefore, many research contributions are focusing on techniques enabling higher image

Hannu Kurki-Suonio

This lecture is a sketch of the physics of the cosmic microwave background. The observed anisotropy can be divided into four main contributions: variations in the temperature and gravitational potential of the primordial plasma, Doppler effect from its motion, and a net red/blueshift the photons accumulate from traveling through evolving gravitational potent

Véronique Cohen-Aptel

A proof of a formula, discovered by V.Fateev, on some Gamma products connected with root systems is given.

Nathalie Deruelle, Misao Sasaki, Yuuiti Sendouda, Ahmed Youssef

In order to assess the role of ghosts in cosmology, we study the evolution of linear cosmological perturbations during inflation when a Weyl term is added to the action. Our main result is that vector perturbations can no longer be ignored and that scalar modes diverge in the newtonian gauge but remain bounded in the comoving slicing.

Armengol Gasull, J. Tomás Lázaro, Joan Torregrosa

Consider the vector field $x&#39;= -yG(x, y), y&#39;=xG(x, y),$ where the set of critical points $\{G(x, y) = 0\}$ is formed by $K$ straight lines, not passing through the origin and parallel to one or two orthogonal directions. We perturb it with a general polynomial perturbation of degree $n$ and study which is the maximum number of limit cycles that can b

Anthony F. J. van Raan, Thed N. van Leeuwen, Martijn S. Visser

We applied a set of standard bibliometric indicators to monitor the scientific state-of-arte of 500 universities worldwide and constructed a ranking on the basis of these indicators (Leiden Ranking 2010). We find a dramatic and hitherto largely underestimated language effect in the bibliometric, citation-based measurement of research performance when compari

H. N. Friedel

A standard Hilbert-space proof of Dirichlet&#39;s principle is simplified, using an observation that a certain form of min-problem has unique solution, at a specified point. This solves Dirichlet&#39;s problem, after it is recast in the required form (using the Poincare/Friedrichs bound and Riesz representation). The solution&#39;s dependence on data is line

Alexander A. Katz

We introduce and study locally AW*-algebras (Baer locally C*-algebras) as a locally multiplicatively-convex generalization of AW*-algebras of Kaplansky. Among other basic properties of these algebras, it is established that: {\bullet} A locally C*-algebra is a locally AW*-algebra iff there exists its Arens-Michael decomposition consisting entirely of AW*-alg

Sebastian Krug

We compute the rational cohomology ring of \bar R_2, the (compactified) moduli space of Prym curves of genus 2. We also recompute the rational cohomology ring of \bar S_2, the moduli space of spin curves of genus 2, thereby correcting some errors made in an article by G. Bini and C. Fontanari, containing a computation of the same ring.

G. Fiedler, J. Fidler, J. Lee, T. Schrefl

A numerical implementation of the transition state theory (TST) is presented which can be used to calculate the attempt frequency $f_{0}$ of arbitrary shaped magnetic nanostructures. The micromagnetic equations are discretized using the finite element method. The climbing image nudged elastic band method is used to calculate the saddle point configuration, w

Chihen Dong, Hangdong Wang, Zujuan Li, Jian Chen

We observed bulk superconductivity in the FeTe1-xSex crystals with a low Se concentration after the excess Fe atoms existing unavoidably in crystals as-grown are partially removed by means of annealing in the air. A revised magnetism and superconductivity phase diagram is obtained via resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements for FeTe1-xSex system

Laszlo Erdoes, David Hasler

We consider a two dimensional magnetic Schroedinger operator with a spatially stationary random magnetic field. We assume that the magnetic field has a positive lower bound and that it has Fourier modes on arbitrarily short scales. We prove the Wegner estimate at arbitrary energy, i.e. we show that the averaged density of states is finite throughout the whol

Angelo Russomanno, Stefano Pugnetti, Valentina Brosco, Rosario Fazio

In this work we derive a general formula for the charge pumped in a superconducting nanocircuit. Our expression generalizes previous results in several ways, it is applicable both in the adiabatic and in the non-adiabatic regimes and it takes into account also the effect of an external environment. More specifically, by applying Floquet theory to Cooper pair

John Southworth, M. Dominik, U. G. Jorgensen, S. Rahvar

We present the first high-precision photometry of the transiting extrasolar planetary system WASP-7, obtained using telescope defocussing techniques and reaching a scatter of 0.68 mmag per point. We find that the transit depth is greater and that the host star is more evolved than previously thought. The planet has a significantly larger radius (1.330 +/- 0.

J. An, N. W. Evans

We show how to estimate the enclosed mass from the observed motions of an ensemble of test particles. Traditionally, this problem has been attacked through virial or projected mass estimators. Here, we examine and extend these systematically, and show how to construct an optimal estimator for any given assumption as to the potential. The estimators do not ex

M. Griesemer, F. Hantsch

In this paper we study the problem of uniqueness of solutions to the Hartree and Hartree-Fock equations of atoms. We show, for example, that the Hartree-Fock ground state of a closed shell atom is unique provided the atomic number $Z$ is sufficiently large compared to the number $N$ of electrons. More specifically, a two-electron atom with atomic number $Z\g

Jan Philip Solovej

Lectures on Quantum Coulomb gases delivered at the CIME summer school on Quantum Many Body Systems 2010

Vadim Rodin, Amand Faessler

As shown in Ref.\cite{Rod09}, the Fermi nuclear matrix element $M^{0ν}_F$ of neutrinoless double beta ($0νββ$) decay can be reconstructed if one is able to measure the isospin-forbidden single Fermi transition matrix element from the ground state of the final nucleus to the isobaric analog state (IAS) of the initial nucleus, for instance by means of charge-e

Salah A. Aly, Nirwan Ansari, H. Vincent Poor

Traditional network security protocols depend mainly on developing cryptographic schemes and on using biometric methods. These have led to several network security protocols that are unbreakable based on difficulty of solving untractable mathematical problems such as factoring large integers. In this paper, Security of Networks Employing Encoding and Decodin

Krzysztof R. Apt, Jonathan A. Zvesper

In [Van Benthem 2007] the concept of a public announcement is used to study the effect of the iterated elimination of strictly dominated strategies. We offer a simple generalisation of this approach to cover arbitrary strategic games and many optimality notions. We distinguish between announcements of optimality and announcements of rationality.